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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · 21d

Tune in to listen to our chat about infant food insecurity on the new @foodstudies.ca podcast #digestingfoodstudies
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Infant Food Insecurity | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Whether you breastfeed, formula feed, or do both, securing sustenance to infants can be both fundamental and fraught. Lesley Frank has been doing research on first food systems and infant-and-caregive...

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · Jul 31

Actress Giovanna Fletcher went to visit baby banks around the UK and found an army of volunteers working tirelessly to help new mothers.

Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ruby Harrington presents the Fed Family Lab @acadiasociology.bsky.social new survey data on food insecurities in early life at @csa-sca.bsky.social #sshrc

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · May 28

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On World Hunger Day, make maternal nutrition a government priority | Letter

Letter: Former development ministers Valerie Amos, Lynne Featherstone and Liz Sugg call on leaders to commit to ensuring that women and children have access to good nutrition

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · May 26

Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Feb 28

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How food insecurity affects the youngest Canadians

Dr. Lesley Frank (PhD’13) is working to address the global problem of family and childhood food insecurity while advancing food justice and health equity in Canada

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Hungry for solutions: the rise of food insecurity across Canada and on our university campuses

Learn what three UNB alumni are doing to tackle poverty and food insecurity and their recommendations for long-term solutions

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Feb 17

Congratulations @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social - wonderful news.

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Feb 1

Is only we have a healthy start program in Canada

LindsayGrahamUK @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social · Jan 31

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚩 Too many pregnant women and those with babies and toddlers living in poverty don't receive the basic support they need for their children to grow up healthily.

Vicky Gilroy of @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social has the latest on the campaign to improve Healthy Start.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3EsRLt3

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · Feb 1

What is a Simpsons one-liner that either loves rent-free in your head, or you use in everyday life?

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thanks @dentremy.bsky.social for this excellent article

Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · Dec 18

‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate
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By @dentremy.bsky.social

‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate - Halifax Examiner

41,500 children (more than one in five) children in Nova Scotia are living in poverty.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Dec 20

Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · Dec 18

‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/pover...
By @dentremy.bsky.social

‘We don’t stack up’: New report shows another jump in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate - Halifax Examiner

41,500 children (more than one in five) children in Nova Scotia are living in poverty.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · Dec 18

End child poverty by giving people money
Also: HST holiday; Halifax poop is becoming more costly; taser
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Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

End child poverty by giving people money - Halifax Examiner

It is damnable that any child lives in poverty. It doesn't have to be this way.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Dec 17

Today we release the new report on Child and Family poverty in NS. A record high increase- for both child poverty and childhood food insecurity

CCPA Nova Scotia @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · Dec 17

New 2024 NS Child & Family Poverty Report Card records a historic single-year increase in child poverty, explores intersectional factors correlated with child poverty rates, & provides recommendations to address this troubling trend: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
#NSpoli #childpoverty

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thank you!

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Nov 21

My book, Out of Milk is about maternal and infant insecurity in Canada. I could say more but my book trailer is more interesting m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaM...

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Nov 20

Stay tuned for the NS Child and Family Report Card coming in December for the details of this depressing fact.

PNI Atlantic @pniatlantic.bsky.social · Nov 20

A new report card shows child poverty is getting worse in Nova Scotia.
"We were very surprised at the dramatic increase in child poverty rates in the last two years that we have data for." | Chronicle Herald

'An alarm bell': Child poverty rates in Nova Scotia increase again | SaltWire

SYDNEY — The annual report card on child poverty has found more Canadian children are living in poverty than before the pandemic. In Nova Scotia, child ...

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Nov 20

Really loving these starter packs.

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Nov 19

Nova Scotia Child and Family Report Card coming in December. Spoiler alert in the National card. NS still stacking up poorly

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Liam Swiss @liamswiss.bsky.social · Nov 15

Acadia Sociology is presenting the film "940 Caledonia" followed by a panel discussion. November 19th, KCIC Auditorium @ Acadia University.

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · May 7

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Sticker shock on essential baby formula still stinging in Cape Breton | SaltWire

SYDNEY, N.S. — With a three-month-old, a five-year-old and a seven-year-old, Devon McIsaac of Glace Bay is well versed in the recent spike in baby formula ...

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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · Feb 17

Excuses.
@franklyless.bsky.social and I have heard them all.

CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · Feb 15

The premier of Nova Scotia has been attempting to discredit CCPA Nova Scotia research on child poverty in the province—except that, time and again, the child poverty report card is vindicated. By Christine Saulnier and Lesley Frank. monitormag.ca/articles/fam...

Families Deserve Action to End Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia

The 2023 Child and Family Poverty Report Card for Nova Scotia finds that poverty increased in Nova Scotia in 2021 from 18.4 per cent to 20.5 per cent. This 11.4 per cent increase is the highest single...

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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · Jan 31

Largest increase in a single year. We need to end all forms of poverty. The development of our youngest are most vulnerable to long term effects. 1 in 5 children. 1 in 4 babies. Gov needs to support families. We lifted them with pandemic benefits. It can be done.

Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · Jan 31

N.S. child poverty rate sees largest increase in more than 30 years: ‘Very disheartening’

N.S. child poverty rate sees largest increase in more than 30 years: ‘Very disheartening’ - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

A new report indicates the child poverty rate in Nova Scotia rose to 20.5 per cent in 2021, representing more than one in five children.

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Lesley Frank @franklyless.bsky.social · Jan 22

This article was a long time coming. Many years ago mothers introduced me to finding formula online. Students at @AcadiaSociology spent a year with me on Kijiji and Facebook exploring what was going on from coast to coast. It was more than we imagined. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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